How To Make A Trail Cam Mount

[@Isaacmantx]

I have been running these for 6 or 8 years. I modified mine a little. The head of the my hex bolts are welded to the washer, which are also welded to the lag screw. This makes the bolt immobile once the lag is screwed into the tree. That way, when you spin the wing nut, the bolt doesn’t just spin, it actually tightens tight. I also use a smaller wing nut on the eye bolt so I can tighten it tightly against the insert on the camera by hand. A tool-less install that is always solid.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@browntownorganics2172]

Great idea! Just got a couple cameras for Christmas and no more screw in mounts left that I purchased. I’ll be making a couple this week! Thanks!

[@JaseOutdoors]

They work great! Can make them several different ways. Be creative. Good luck

[@ShorePelican55]

Perfect! Was noodling on this recently and thought I’d check to see what people have done. This is simple, effective, and cheap! Thank you!!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Bunch of different way to do it, but yea it's very effective! Thanks for watching!

[@tomdenniston5933]

I know this is 3 yrs old, but man I just found it and made up some. Thanks!

[@JaseOutdoors]

I'm still making them! They work well! Thanks for sharing

[@tomdenniston5933]

I just tightened the 3/8" nut slightly beyond finger tight with two wrenches. It still swivels with better resistance for me.@@JaseOutdoors

[@JaseOutdoors]

That'll do it

[@sstaz22]

Thanks man!

[@kevinflaherty7592]

Extremely easy to make, extremely cheap, works great.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yep! Thanks for watching!

[@System-Update]

I've made these, they are really good, far better than straps. Putting cameras high helps, or putting them low on a ground spike can also help. I'd highly recommend camouflaging the camera - just hot glue gun ghillie suit scrim etc to the case. Plastic Ivy or plans can also be good to break up the outline. I'd also think about the field of view and how much of the camera can be seen from the side that just doesn't need to be - putting a camo'd-out camera in the V of a bough is usually preferable to mounting it on a tree trunk. I haven't seen a video that covers all the things that you can do to stop your cameras getting nicked, I might have to make one, but these mounts are simple, effective and I don't think they have a downside. You can check the general field of view using a laser pointer with a couple of clothes pegs clipped to it, sit that on top of the camera and it will give you a good enough indication of where it is looking. Everyone should be making these and ditching the straps.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Completely agree! Thanks for sharing all that!

[@dsmoov2]

Great idea. I just made one. I found a thumb bolt at the hardware store and used a wing nut on the other end to hold the eye bolts and washers together. Works great!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yep! Wing nut works well too! Thanks for sharing!

[@WVRetreat]

Good idea. I would also put some blue Loctite Thread Locker on those threads to keep them stiff.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Good tip!

[@tracyportersr]

Jamming in the stick to adjust the camera made me LOL. I'm done with the stick technique. Thanks for the video.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yea, sticks work but kind of a pain. Try these, they work pretty well!

[@anthonykontos7931]

Perfect timing for setting out some cameras on my new food plots thanks for the tip

[@JaseOutdoors]

They work great! Thanks for writing!

[@KJAdventures23]

Thank you. This works great! I just set up two after your video.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing that! I like to help and if I feel like nobody is watching I tend to get discouraged that nobody cares anyway. Appreciate it!

[@wolfpack4128]

I like it. Will add an epdm washer between the wing nut and camera. I have a bunch laying around from some DIY solar boxes I built.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yep, several ways to make but they work!

[@sherry9284]

What a cool and ingenious idea, thank you. 😊

[@JaseOutdoors]

Glad to help!

[@underdogoutdoors]

Actually thought I invented exactly this back in 2013, lol. Agree 100% best way to hang a camera, also hang them high. I just subscribed, no stranger to PA, on the border or Easton in NJ. Good luck this season broski.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yea, I know it's been figured out awhile ago but thought I'd share. Def a good and cheap way to hang cams. Awesome, yea you aren't far from me! Thanks for stopping by!

[@eugenegress5896]

AWSOME, Was on verge of buying one. This is a Hillbilly, MAGIVER SOLUTION... GOOD ON YA

[@JaseOutdoors]

And they work well! I'd recommend a wingnut though to tighten the up and down adjustment with needing tools

[@eugenegress5896]

@JaseOutdoors Copy that, Funny how wing nuts have been criticized, but never went Obsolete.

[@Spruce-Bug]

Very clever, off to the hardware store now.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Awesome, hope it works out for ya!

[@johnkrout2661]

Fishing line works good also but like the adjustability of your set up, making some right now thanks

[@JaseOutdoors]

Awesome, hope it works well for ya!

[@vekke77]

Yesterday I got my new wild camera and today your great idea 😍 thanks greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@JaseOutdoors]

Awesome! Appreciate that!

[@beauhopper265]

Man, really glad I found this video. Phenomenal idea. Preciate it.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@beauhopper265]

Made 6 of these Friday evening and replaced all the straps on my cams at one of my locations. Now my cams are 10' high. Awesome new picture angle and pov also. Thanks again!

[@JaseOutdoors]

@@beauhopper265 thanks for sharing that! Glad it works for ya!

[@skippes_view]

Just used this set up . Stopped on the way to the property and picked up the parts and a can of hunter green spray paint , easy peezy.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Easy, cheap and flat out works!

[@ellobo1326]

You are right about the strap giving the camera away to potential thieves. I’ve been using the factory screw in ball mounts for years. If the camera I purchase comes mono colored (such as Tactacam) I put a custom camo paint job (bark type pattern) and the cameras are very hard to spot. Also, the screw in mounts allow you to deploy a camera on a 3 inch diameter sapling or the biggest tree in the forest. And the camera can be aimed precisely from whatever height you choose.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Exactly! Screw in mounts are the way to go!

[@martysemmes7838]

I just made several of these. Replace nut and wing nut with plastic knobs. The wingnut should be replaced with a through hole knob. No need for wrenches. Additionally, place a 1/4"' bolt standing on it's head, add fender washer, then eye bolt. level the eye bolt and put hot glue all around the bolt filling the void between bolt and I.D. of eye bolt. Do both eye bolts this way and you have created a filler that also serves as tension / friction point between washers.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Lots of cool ways to make these, and they work great! Thanks for sharing!

[@brucecarter6904]

I use a lockwasher between the bolt head and the first flat washer, helps alot on tightening them

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yep, that works too!

[@JayN4GO]

Damn good idea Jase. I think I’ll try this. The infomercial was totally me too man! Nothing chaps you hand like an old strap. Kinda like old fiberglass haha. 😁

[@JaseOutdoors]

Hahah, yea really. Let me know if it works for ya

[@MatthewHanger-o4s]

Good idea

[@JaseOutdoors]

😁

[@markheidema3699]

Nice, informative video. Tks for sharing!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Appreciate that Mark!

[@ronstith7917]

Thanks for the video. Good idea. 👍

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikesimmons7539]

Very good , thanks for sharing .

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@johncal9403]

Great tip. Thanks

[@JaseOutdoors]

Hope it works for ya! Thanks so for watching!

[@jimtilbury9095]

It looks good, the problem I have is getting 1/4 20 unc thread eyebolts here in the U.K.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Hah oh no!

[@jamesvatter5729]

Great idea

[@JaseOutdoors]

I didn't come up with the idea, just changed it a bit, and they work really well for a great price!

[@henrymasters8319]

Genius! Going to make these for my flashes and sensors!

[@JaseOutdoors]

What kind of flashes exactly? Thanks for watching!

[@henrymasters8319]

@@JaseOutdoors Well, I've got some Nikons. But you can simply put any flash on a cold shoe flash mount: www.amazon.com/Vello-Cold-Shoe-Mount-Thread/dp/B008YK6QF6

[@JaseOutdoors]

Oh nice! What do you shoot? I also use Nikons

[@henrymasters8319]

@@JaseOutdoors Sweet, yeah I started with a Nikon and just stuck with what I knew. I got a handful of old crop sensors, but I got a couple old D700s I've been using for years. Hoping to get some wildlife with northern lights in the future with the full frame. How about you?

[@JaseOutdoors]

Oh nice! I'm using D850's and their new mirrorless. I work full-time as a photographer at a newspaper

[@HomeGrownPyro1]

Just saw your logo on the back of a f150 in Scranton so, had to sub to a fellow PA hunting channel.👍 look forward to checking out your vids

[@JaseOutdoors]

Somehow I missed your comment. Sorry!! Yea that was me! Wish I would have seen this sooner. If u get this, look me up on Facebook as Jase Hunter! Thanks bro!

[@andyfedor2799]

I like using a thumbscrew instead of the bolt, no need for pliers while tightening 👍

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yep! Works well!

[@JoeLicata07]

Thanks for the info.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching! Hope it works out for ya if you try it!

[@davesi56]

Great idea! Thanks!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for writing!

[@coloradocatchcleanandcook3426]

Super helpful.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@coloradocatchcleanandcook3426]

Thank you. I was looking at mounts and I'm not paying 20 dollars to mount a 30 dollar camera so this video was extremely helpful. @@JaseOutdoors

[@JaseOutdoors]

Certainly a cost effective way for a mount and they work great!

[@Jaxon1127]

Awesome!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@joseortiz5965]

Awesome

[@shakoyscc2095]

use a 3/8 I bolt with a wing nut. easier to tighten than a hex bolt.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yep, wingnit works great! Just a lil more expensive, but can be worth it. Thanks for watching!

[@scottjkern]

Great idea... but if you had cuddeback cams the mounts go up, down , left and right

[@JaseOutdoors]

How much are those?

[@MikeJones-jf7lx]

Great video, thanks....

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@MikeJones-jf7lx]

@@JaseOutdoors , I’m going to make some this week!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Lemme know how they work for ya! Good luck!

[@MikeJones-jf7lx]

@@JaseOutdoors , it works great....I should bought more!

[@JaseOutdoors]

@@MikeJones-jf7lx Awesome! Yea I ended up making a bunch with different variations

[@MrSouthofBoston]

1:01 was me about 10 minutes ago and thinking there’s got to be a better way!

[@JaseOutdoors]

🤣. Hope this works for ya

[@MrSouthofBoston]

@@JaseOutdoors The only modification I made was to add two wing nuts on the 3/8 bolt. I made six and just finished mounting three of them. I was going to buy some only until I saw your video. I made six for what would have been the price for three. Thanks!

[@JaseOutdoors]

Awesome man! Yea, there's different variations that work well, I just went the cheapest route I could. They work great! Good luck!

[@stevengibson3641]

Epic

[@JaseOutdoors]

😁

[@scottjkern]

OK, I watch your video several times just in certain areas so I get the right order to put it in now. I’m confused on the size. You definitely need a quarter inch eyebolt and a quarter inch wingnut makes it easier to tighten to the camera. And for the eyeball that you screw into the tree is how long and is it a 3/8 I’m kind of confused and the bolt is 3/8 slides on that’s only 1 inch and also use a wingnut.

[@JaseOutdoors]

@@scottjkern it can be however long you'd like. I make several different sizes depending on the tree. But you only need a 1/4 20 bolt that screws into the camera. Everything else you can make how you'd like

[@scottjkern]

@@JaseOutdoors well I made a couple and it does work. I made one with a quarter inch eyebolt and the other ones I made like yours 3/8 but I also brought my cordless battery operated drill to drill a hole so it ain’t so doggone hard on my wrist.

[@JaseOutdoors]

Hah, yea some of them don't seem to screw in too well depending on the tree. Hope they work well for ya!

[@scottjkern]

@@JaseOutdoors oh it will I always bring a quarter inch drill with me or I should say bit

[@scottjkern]

@@JaseOutdoors I got six Cuddeback cams and none of them have any screws. I mean quarter inch female threads.

[@run2september23]

Heck yeah, best info I've seen in a long time, thanks. Not sure how they'd work in bear country but we'll find out #hatestraps

[@JaseOutdoors]

I put them up at least 8 feet off the ground and the bears don't mess with them as quick as when they're placed at eye level for them. But we'll see! Thanks for watching!

[@run2september23]

@@JaseOutdoors great idea, I've been looking for a better way to get them up higher, thanks 👍

[@JaseOutdoors]

Hope it works for ya!

[@run2september23]

@@JaseOutdoors I'm sure it will, where I set them out here in Idaho there's tons of bears that are way more of a pain than people, usually. Hah, I'll put them out in April for spring bear season then move them to the backcountry for elk. This will beat the heck out of most straps

[@JaseOutdoors]

I'd almost rather have a bear problem. I have a people problem. I put them up high to make it harder to steal. These make it easier to hang high and the infomercial part of the video is not much of an exaggeration for me. Lol

[@kennethholifield1242]

i agree dam people just steal stuff !

[@JaseOutdoors]

Yea, not too much burns me up more than hunters stealing from hunters

[@ranchosendero]

👍👍👍ingenious

[@JaseOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@yourgirlbites]

Thanks, I'm on my way to Home Depot to get enough hardware to make a few. I also never thought about putting a camera down low on logs because I've only ever used straps.

[@JaseOutdoors]

With these you can put them in all kinds of places! Thanks for writing!

[@joshbeckett223]

Great idea